DIE GESCHICHTE VOM SOLDATEN

A travelling soldier makes a pact with the devil and gives him his violin in exchange. However, it is not the instrument itself that interests the devil, but what it stands for: liveliness, feeling, heart and soul. The pact means only apparent happiness for the soldier, and so the one who dances with the devil ends up going to hell himself. The fairground, its atmosphere, its smells and sounds, were the inspiration for the music and narrative style of the music theatre piece, which Stravinsky conceived in collaboration with the Swiss author Charles Ferdinand Ramuz for a small travelling stage during the First World War.

In a new production, the Luxembourg theatre company Kopla bunz, together with the Kammerata Luxembourg and in co-production with the CAPE, dedicates itself to this “read, played and danced” stage play, which is particularly distinguished by the incredibly multi-layered rhythmisation of words, music and plot as well as Stravinsky’s ingenious composition.

THURSDAY
03 I 06 I 2021
20h00 PREMIERE

FRIDAY
04 I 06 I 2021
10h00 SCHOOL SESSION
CAPE ETTELBRUCK 

Igor Stravinsky music
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz original text
Hans Reinhart german version
Ela Baumann director
Dagmar Weitze scenographer
Steve Karier the reader
Adrien Papritz the soldier
Jean Bermes the devil
Catarina Barbosa the princess

Pit Brosius musical direction
Sandrine Cantoreggi violin
Jeannot Sanavia double bass
Sébastien Duguet clarinet
Thomas Dulfer bassoon
Melvin Burger cornet
Claude Origer trombone
Victor Kraus percussion 

Normal 26 € | Jeunes 13 €
Kulturpass 1,50 €
Réservations : 26 81 26 81
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